A 20-year-old man is in custody and a 16-year-old is wanted in connection with shots fired at Upstate deputies early Monday morning, Sheriff Chuck Wright said.

A deputy said he tried to stop a vehicle in the Boiling Springs area at about 1 a.m. Monday because he believed the car was stolen. The driver refused to stop, and the deputy pursued the vehicle until shots fired into the front of the patrol car that penetrated the engine block, disabling the vehicle.

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Two other deputies that were chasing the vehicle were also fired at, but the patrol cars were not hit. The chase started at Giles Drive in Boiling Springs and ended at the gate to Whitlock Flexible Learning Center on Successful Way, when one of the tires on the vehicle came off the rim.

The driver and passenger bailed out of the vehicle, jumped the fence and ran. Deputies said they found 11 spent shell casings in the vehicle; nine .45 caliber rounds and two 7.62 caliber rounds from an assault rifle.

Wright said the suspects were identified as Antonio Dean Moore, 20, of Chesnee, and She’lah Giovanni Norman, 16, of Spartanburg. The sheriff said Moore was arrested Wednesday afternoon at an apartment complex in Wellford.

Moore is charged with three counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle, and failure to stop for blue light. Wright said Moore already had outstanding warrants for two counts of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in an incident July 10 in which shots were fired into an occupied vehicle at a Lil Cricket on Fairforest Road.

Spartanburg police told the Sheriff’s Office that Moore, his brother, and two other suspects also committed two home invasions on Tuesday.

Deputies said Norman faces three counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle and failure to stop for blue light.

Deputies have been unable to locate Norman and are asking that anyone with information on his whereabouts call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and if their information leads to Norman’s arrest, they will be eligible for a cash reward.